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{{for|the toolbar that shows under the edit window and allows the insertion of various characters and symbols|Help:CharInsert}}

{{Wikipedia how-to|H:ETOOL}}

[[File:Wikipedia development environment screenshot.webp|thumb|Wikipedia development environment]]

In compatible browsers, an '''edit toolbar''' can be automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the [[Help:Preferences|preferences]]. It appears automatically for editors who are not logged in. This functions partly as a typing aid and partly as a reminder of the available functions. All the functions are available simply by typing the code directly into the edit box (such as <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki>) – this may be easier.

The toolbar works with [[Google Chrome]], [[Firefox]], [[Internet Explorer]], [[Microsoft Edge (series of web browsers)|Microsoft Edge]], [[w:Mozilla Application Suite|the Mozilla Suite]]/[[W:SeaMonkey|SeaMonkey]], [[Konqueror]], [[Safari (browser)|Safari]] and [[Opera (browser)|Opera]].

In Mozilla browsers, IE, and Chrome, you can format existing text by highlighting the text you want to format and clicking the relevant button on the toolbar. If you click a button without selecting any text, sample text will be inserted at the cursor's position (like so: '''Bold text'''). In other browsers, clicking on the button presents an explanation for that feature. (Pre-release 9.0 versions of Opera browser also seem to support the advanced functionality.)

You can switch off or switch on personal preferences set at {{myprefs|Editing|check={{MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-preference}}:}}.

===Source editor===

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=== VisualEditor ===

If your toolbar looks like this:

[[File:VisualEditor toolbar-en.png|center|0.8x750px]]

Then you are using the rich-text [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor|visual editor]].

== List of functions ==

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Source editor

|+ WikiEditor

! Icon !! Function !! What it shows when editing !! What it shows on the page

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:WikiEditor-toolbar-en.png|WikiEditor toolbar|border|link=]]

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon bold-b.svg|Bold text|center|link=]]

|!Bold

|<code><nowiki>'''Bold text'''</nowiki></code>

|'''Bold text'''

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon italic-i.svg|Italic text|center|link=]]

|!Italic

|<code><nowiki>''Italic text''</nowiki></code>

|''Italic text''

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon signature-ltr.svg|Your signature with timestamp|center|link=]]

|!Sign talk comments<br />(with time stamp)

|<code><nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki></code>

|[[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon link-ltr.svg|Internal link|center|link=]]

|!Internal link

|<code><nowiki>[[Link title]]</nowiki></code>

|[[Link title]]

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon image-ltr.svg|Embedded file|center|link=]]

|! Insert image

|<code><nowiki>[[File:Example.jpg|thumbnail]]</nowiki></code>

| [[File:Example.jpg|thumbnail]]

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon puzzle-ltr.svg|center|link=]]

|! Insert template

| <code><nowiki>{{Example}}</nowiki></code>

| {{Example}}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon reference.svg|center|link=]]

|! Insert [[Help:Footnotes|Reference]]

| <code><nowiki><ref>Insert footnote text here</ref></nowiki></code>

| <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon highlight.svg|center|link=]]

|! activateActivate highlighting in wikitext

| [[File:OOjs UI icon highlight-progressive.svg|link=]] active

|{{Meta|Community Tech/Wikitext editor syntax highlighting|Wikitext editor syntax highlighting}}

{{MediaWiki|Extension:CodeMirror}}

|-

| colspan="2" | [[File:Enhanced toolbarOOjs_UI_icon_next- Advanced buttonltr.pngsvg|Advanced10px|link=]] Advanced

! Open advanced menu

| Advanced

| colspan="2" |See below.

|-

| colspan="2" | [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_next-ltr.svg|10px|link=]] Special characters

| [[File:Enhanced toolbar- Special characters button.png|Special characters|link=]]

|! SpecialOpen special characters menu

| colspan="2" |See below.

|-

| colspan="2" | [[File:Enhanced toolbarOOjs_UI_icon_next- Help buttonltr.pngsvg|Help10px|link=]] Help

! Open help menu

| Help

| colspan="2" |See below.

|-

| colspan="2" | [[File:Enhanced toolbar with wizardsOOjs_UI_icon_next- Cite toolbarltr.pngsvg|Cite toolbar10px|link=]] Cite

|! CiteOpen cite toolbar menu

| colspan="2" |See [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0]].

|-

|style="backgroundwhite-imagespace: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px)nowrap;"| [[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg|link=]] [[File:OOjs UI icon expand.svg|12px|link=]]

! Change "Source editing" <br>to "Visual editing"

| colspan="3"| change Wikieditor to VisualEditor

|

|

|}

{| class="wikitable"

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! Icon !! Function !! What it shows when editing !! What it shows on the page

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:AdvancedWikiEditor-advanced toolbar of vector skinmenu-en.png|Advanced toolbar|link=]]

|-

|[[File:EnhancedWikiEditor-heading toolbarmenu- Heading toolbaren.png|Enhanced toolbar- Heading toolbar|link=]]

| [[Help:Section|Section heading]]

|<code><poem><nowiki>== Heading text ==

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{{fake heading|sub=5|Heading text}}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon listBullet-ltr.svg|Bulleted list|link=]]

| [[Help:List|Bulleted list]]

| <code><nowiki>* Bulleted list item</nowiki></code>

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* Bulleted list item

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon listNumbered-ltr.svg|Numbered list|link=]]

| [[Help:List|Numbered list]]

| <code><nowiki># Numbered list item</nowiki></code>

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# Numbered list item

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon noWikiText-ltr.svg|Ignore wiki formatting|link=]]

| [[Help:Nowiki|Nowiki]]: Ignore wiki formatting

| <code><nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki></code>

| <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon newline-ltr.svg|link=]]

| [[Wikipedia:Line-break handling|Line break]]

| <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code>

| text before<br />abc

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon bigger-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Big text

| <code><nowiki><big>Big text</big></nowiki></code>

| <big>Big text</big>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon smaller-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Small text

| <code><nowiki><small>Small text</small></nowiki></code>

| <small>Small text</small>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon superscript-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Superscript

| <code><nowiki>^{Superscript text}</nowiki></code>

| ^{Superscript text}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon subscript-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Subscript

| <code><nowiki>_{Subscript text}</nowiki></code>

| _{Subscript text}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon imageGallery-ltr.svg|link=]]

| [[Help:Gallery tag|Picture gallery]]

| style="text-align: left;" | <code><poem><nowiki><gallery>

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</gallery>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon table.svg|link=]]

| [[Help:Table|Table]]

| <code><poem><nowiki>{| class="wikitable" border="1"

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|}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon articleRedirect-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Automatically [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] to another page

| <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]</nowiki></code>

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{|class="wikitable" style="margin-top:0"

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon articleSearch-ltr.svg]]

|Search and Replace

|

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{{Commons|MediaWiki edit toolbar}}

* [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0]]

* [[Wikipediawikipedia:Sandbox|Wikipedia ToolbarSandbox]] (Firefox only)

{{Help navigation}}